Anni SimpsonThe Internet Gen X and millennials learned is gone, and that’s a big problem for Gen Z and AlphaI’m 36 which makes me a millennial. Every definition for Xennial I’ve ever seen does not go as far as 1987, no matter how much I think I am…Sep 6Sep 6
Anni SimpsonArguing for a rhetorical space for those with gastrointestinal problems and mental health in the…I think a lot about Tess Holliday. She is the first fat activist I saw online, and she is also a model. I have seen misgivings about her…Aug 3Aug 3
Anni SimpsonAn anecdote in defense of the use of therapeutic ketamineI am mentally ill. If you know me, you already know that. Every several years, my medications stop working regardless of the dose, a thing…Jul 27Jul 27
Anni SimpsonWhat they’re not teaching in schools anymore and why that mattersI have one child, a daughter who turns eight next month. With my surprise health issues revolving around Covid, I’ve had unexpected…Jul 20Jul 20
Anni SimpsonAAMy 15 minutes of Twitter fame came by adopting a returned shelter cat, and it was an absolute…This wasn’t the first time I was noticed on the Internet for being a cat lady — even if you ignore the insults that tend to come from…Mar 19Mar 19
Anni SimpsonYesterday was Long Covid Awareness Day, and I was too distracted to careI’m Anni, and I’m a long hauler since getting my first infection in January 2022, the first wave of omicron. I went to the hospital a…Mar 16Mar 16
Anni SimpsonTrying out ketamine therapy after failing to succeed with countless medications and a broken gutThe title gives you enough of the background without me having to give more of it. But I’m going to give you the background anyway. The…Mar 9Mar 9
Anni SimpsonHaving an ongoing discussion about puberty & beyond with your child when you don’t remember having…I was a kid who didn’t get a lot of sex-ed, namely a book given to me to explain how I was getting a sibling/how my mother was pregnant…Feb 20Feb 20
Anni SimpsonSloppy errors left behind during web development: a second case study with IpsyThe first thing I wrote for Medium was an analysis of the user experience I had with the lingerie and bra/panty website “Adore Me.” Adore…Feb 131Feb 131
Anni SimpsonLiving with being a villain in your own life storyWe have all done some fucked up things across the extremes of our life circumstances. In my case, it’s trauma and mental illness, but…Feb 6Feb 6